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Unstan Chambered Cairn

Photo: Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Unstan is a Neolithic chambered cairn located about 2 mi north-east of Stromness on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The tomb was built on a promontory that extends into the Loch of Stenness near the settlement of Howe. Unstan Chambered Cairn is situated 2 miles southeast of Lee.

Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness

Memorial

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Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness is a memorial, which is situated 2½ miles south of Lee.

The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness

Hotel

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The Stromness Hotel, 15 Victoria Street, Stromness is situated 2½ miles south of Lee.

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Cairston

Locality

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Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.

Yesnaby

Locality

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Yesnaby is a historic township in Sandwick, on the west coast of Orkney Mainland, Scotland, south of Skara Brae. It is renowned for its spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. Yesnaby is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lee.

Stromness

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Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.

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